MLPs: Review and Outlook
We explain why we remain selectively bullish on master limited partnerships in 2018, discuss key opportunities and areas of risk, analyze trends in mergers and acquisitions, and highlight our favorite picks for the coming year.
Paradigm Shift in MLP Land
Big changes are afoot in the midstream segment. Many master limited partnerships appear to have taken Enterprise Products Partners LP’s lead and shifted their focus to building distribution coverage and reducing equity. We explore which names will be able to make this transition with relative ease and which names face more of a slog to put themselves on a path to sustainability.
Focus List Update: Underweight Upstream Pays Off, But Midstream Pulls Back
With the exception of Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp (TSX: AQN, NYSE: AQN), the names on our Focus List have pulled back over the past few weeks, though they have still outperformed the S&P 500 Energy Index.
On The Record: Key Quotes From Midstream MLPs’ Fourth-Quarter Earnings Calls
While reading through transcripts of master limited partnerships’ fourth-quarter earnings calls, we compiled a series of quotes from management teams that provide insight into some of the macro trends that will continue to drive returns and opportunities in the space.
Focus List Update And Noteworthy Portfolio Developments
Since its reinstatement in early December 2016, the Energy & Income Advisor Focus List has generated an average total return of 9.6 percent, outperforming the S&P 500 Energy Index’s average loss of 4.5 percent over an equivalent holding period. We dig into fourth-quarter results from companies on our Focus List and in our Model Portfolios.
Let’s Get Cracking: Playing The US Petrochemical Boom
A wave of incremental ethane cracking capacity sited on the US Gulf Coast will come onstream over the next several years. We examine the implications and the best ways for investors to profit.
Key Quotes from Midstream MLPs’ Second-Quarter Earnings Calls
Second-quarter earnings season is done and dusted for midstream master limited partners (MLP) that own pipelines, processing and fractionation capacity.
Outlook 2016: Energy Prices
Our calls on crude-oil prices over the past year have been spot on for the most part. Although our macro calls haven’t saved our Portfolios from the carnage, we have avoided many of the worst performers, used hedges to provide some upside protection and set ourselves up to profit from the down-cycle’s final chapters. Here’s what we see for the year ahead.
MLP Strategy Update
Here’s our updated MLP strategy, which highlights the best pockets of opportunity and areas of higher risk.
MLP Portfolio in Review
Here are our updated takes on our MLP Portfolio holdings, based on their first-quarter results and our discussions with their management teams at the National Association for Publicly Traded Partnerships’ recent investor conference.
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Elliott and Roger on Sep. 27, 2018
Portfolios & Ratings
Model Portfolios
Balanced portfolios of energy stocks for aggressive and conservative investors.
Coverage Universe
Our take on more than 50 energy-related equities, from upstream to downstream and everything in between.
MLP Ratings
Our assessment of every energy-related master limited partnership.
International Coverage Universe
Roger Conrad’s coverage of more than 70 dividend-paying energy names.
Experts
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Elliott H. Gue
Founder and Chief Analyst: Capitalist Times and Energy & Income Advisor
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Roger S. Conrad
Founder and Chief Analyst: Capitalist Times and Energy & Income Advisor